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I I 1i.21339.....j.. slia I'ELVAL I)ARLIA_IIE.N7. HOUSE OF FRIDAY, DEC. 14. Tiif. Flousp met abiut tour o'clock, and 113 We dia tt- iy atter prayer , ,, . • T''e E. rl or L►VERPOOL moved to refer the Lists in by e •clr Lord of 21, to form the Selea doecitid to be appointed ‘esterd;iy, to a' Committee, to .determine who had b-en o.irri on the said Committee, and to lepurt to the • ;House. 'itns.motion was put by the Lord Chancellor and agretd to, and •a Select Committee appointed ac c:consi•eing of Earl Camden, the Earl of Earl 13 ithurst and other Lords, who re : iiied to a Coarnittee Room. Aft.:- a shirt interval, the Committee returned, . acid Earl . Camden reported the following list of Lords 36 chosen on the Selett Commitiec, for ex ' aminin4 - the ph, sicians touching the state of his Majesty's health. The Archbishop of Canter. The Earl of Buckinghamsh. bury Earl Spencer The Lord Chancellor, The Earl of Liverpool The Archbishop of York The Earl of Powys The 1.0:d President (Earl of The Earl of Lonsdale Carrde-) Lord- Viscount Sidmouth The Luid Privy Seal (Earl of Lord Wastings Earl Moira) Westmoreland) Lord Grenville The. Duke of Norfolk Lord Wellesley (Marg. Wel. The Marquis of Lausdowne Lesley) The .. M4rquis of Abercorn Lord Rcdesdale Earl Graham (Duke of Mon. Lord Elienborough t rose) • Lord Erskine Ou the motion of the Earl of LwEaroor, it was ordered, that the above 2.1 Lords be the Committee for the-pnr pose mentioned, that they meet to-mor row (rhis.day) at 12 o'clock, that the said Com mittee, or arty eight of them, have power to adjourn as they still think fit, and that no Lords he present at the sail Committee, except those nominated in the Committee. The De uty Uiller of the Black Rod announced at the BPI - , that in obedience to the Order of the House, Drs. Henry Revell .Reynolds, William Heb , rdc-n, and Matthew &tithe, were then in attendance. Drs. Reynolds, Heberden and Baillie then came to the Bar and were sworn to give evidence before the Committee, touching the state of hiS Majesty's health. • Adjourned tiil to-morrow (this day). MAILS. ARK IV ED-2 Dublin, 3 W. , ti:rwrcl. DuE—l Lisbon, i ht;~It:~, PRICE 01: STOCKS Tilts ILA , / A r Twirt.‘f o'cLocK. 67: I Rid. Ann. - - -66 i Consols - - - - 1 1 1i 1 . • (.2cIS DICdKE IA I.SUM AUDILAT? N 1) 0 N, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1310. tVitulsbr Castle, Dec. 15, CR). His MAJESTY par-serd a tolerably good night, as;(1 is guile as IA ell as lie wets yesterday. " H. HALrnED. " NI. " R. WILLIS." The Pedcack spoke the Prince of Wales packet on the loth inst. off which left Lisbon on the Ist of December, the 'Master of which informed Capt. 1 1 ;•;AKE that when he left the Tagui, MASSENA bAd 1,4 t Santarem and was retreating across the Sirce vk.riting the,above we have learned that dis patches have just been received from Lord WEL . LINGT - nr:, dated the Ist inst at Cantaxo. The posi t lions were the sitne as staled in the last dispatches. Hi, Lord hip, we understand, expresses great sa tis!a:..-lion at the present stateof.affairs. We rect-ivtd this rnprning American Papers to the 16th of November. " Bos-rox',. Nov. 14.—Last .exening the, ship Sally,. of Boston, arrived here in 32 ,lays from Bour deaux, hound to Ncw-York, with sixty passengers among them General AIIISTRONG (late Ambassador . *t Pa , is) and family. She brings no other news than that our affdirs u WI France look very gloomy:" We find, by our Plymouth Letter, that LUCIEN' .1 IitIONAPARTE arrived there on Thursday, in his Ma- . jesty's ship President ; the ship is plactd tinder qua rantine, and therefore she has had no cormnimica thm whatever with the shore. We know nOt whether LucrsN intends to reside in England, or whether Government linve given him permission to remain here ; hilt we shall be glad to find that America is the pla , e of his destination, for we cannot but view with censiderble uneasiness the great influx of foreigners into this Country. We do not mean to say that men who have been persecuted on the Continent ought not to be afforded an asylum here, but we think that great caution ought to be used in ascertaining that the person received is redly an objea deserving of protetlion. BUONAPARTE has almost done as much mischief by his intrigues and his emiisnies, as he has by force of arms ; and the , unprecedented number of foreigners that there are now. residing in this. Kingdom, under. various pre texts, is certainly calculated to excite jealousy and suipicif,n. We can Nosily Cont,.ive that LUCIEN BIJ ON APAava might Lave very gaud reasons for wishing to suit the Continent ; but, con.ideria ail the .circumstances of -his case, anti the Kinciples which he is known to prote44, we cannot conceive any motive that he can have for wishing to reside in England. LuctEN BUONAPARTE'S family cnnoists of Ma d a me, seven young BUONAPARTtS, an Abbit, who . as tutor, a friar, a painter, a physician, and about twenty servants. As a part of the intelligence 'which we published yesterday, respecting the attack upon the French frigates, did not appear in the whole of our im pression, we think it necessary to insert it again this day. In addition to the loss of the frigates, we re- . gret to say that the Ceylon and Windham Indiamen, the capture of which we mentioned yesterday, had de►achments of troops on board. Two 'other Indiamen, the William. Pitt and the Astell, sailed from the Cape in company with the former, but we are happy to say they escaped. On hoard the Windham there were 3 Lieutenants, Ensign, 5 Serjeants, 154 - rank and file of different regiments; and on board the Ceylon, I Major-Ge neral, t Lieutenant-Colonel, 2 Captains, 6 Lieu tenants, I Surgeon, 16 Sitjeants, 254 troops. The following, we understand, is the list of the Officers taken :----I\lijor-G , 2n. WETHERALL, Lieut.- Colonel MEYRICK ; Cart sins HUGHES and BLAKE, 24th foot; Lieutenants KP.LLY ; DOOLEN, BLAKE, GRINDLEY, FERRIS, BLOOKSBANK, ditto; THERALL, Q3d; PEARSONAGE, 24; PREASTLEY ; Surgeon FEATHERSTON; I.IIMOI CONNEL. It is stated, that after the gallant, but unfortunate attack, upon the French frigates, the enemy, chaced &P.m, in the Nisus and Boadicea off the station. Commodore nowLav, ignorant of what had occurred, sailed from St. Paul's Bay on the .f. ) 3d, but on arriving off the Isle de Passe, and finding the Enemy in force, returned, followed for two days by La Venus and Asirea French hi gates. The Bomtay merchantman (a large trans port), and a schooner, sailed also from St. Paul's, with the same destination ; the former - had on board 250 men, of the flank Kittalion, and an ample supply of water and provisions, la(A the fate of thee, ships is not yet ascertained. The Commodore, on his return, did not come to anchor. but taking under convoy the Emma, armed transport, he again stood to serf, for the purptise of attempting - the re lief of the 1 phigenia and garrison of Isle de Passe. Great apprehensions are entertained for the safety of ,the Iphigenio, as she was blocked Up in the Isle (1,;! Passe, by the enemy's squadron, of three frigates, fl;cim Port Lows, and one of the frigates from Port Sad Est ; but it is believed it was Capt. frigates ** intention to remain at the. anchorage, for the pur pose of strengthening the works, and succouring its increased garrison. This intelligence was brought by the Sgring East Indiaman ; the following passengers came over in her :—Mrs. LE SAGE, Miss C.ISSTANCE, Colonel DE CASTRO, Mr. E. T. SMITH, Mr. BARKBE, and Mr. BAGGE. The Georgians packet Wag expeeted to be dis patched from Bengal for England, shortly after the sailing of the Baring, with toe annual accounts to be laid before Parliament. Extras of a Private Letter from the Cape of Good Hope, dated the 26th Sept. 1810 :- " We had taken the Isle de Passe, at the entrance of Port South East, and the Nereide was anchored oil' it, when a French squadron, consisting of the" 411inervc,Bellone, Victor, Ilindham, and Cey/ort, cap tured Indiamen, made their appearance in the offing. French colours were, hoisted on the frigate and batteries, but as soon as the French came dose they were changed, and a fire opened upon them, which they pushed through, and anchored in Port South East, except the 1140.1sain, which put about and ;,food for Riviera Noire, but was retaken by the Sirius. Capt. PYM, on receiving this intelligence, immediately worked up to Port South East, and was joined by the Magicienne and Iphcgazia. " An attack On the enemy's ships was deternain, ed on, and an easy vidory anticipated. Fate, how cvet, had destined otherwise; the Sirius and IW 4g i. cienne, grounded on some unknown small shoals and all endeavours to get them off proved fruitless. The Iphegenia got to leeward of a Shoal, which lay between her and the enemy, SO that Captain WILLOUGHBY in the Nereide alone sined his allot ted- station, and engaged singly the whole of this force, together with about 60 pieces of cannon, mounted on the batteries, in a manner that per haps history cannot equal. The aelion lasted mauy hours, until ten at night; when she was taken pos session of by a boat from the enemy, after having lost sitio men, out of 280, killed and _wounded, and drivel) the whole of the cuent ) l s squadiou en shore as well as herself. " Capt. WILLOUGUBY lost an eye, and was badly hurt about the bead, but resolved that the English flag should never be struck while he had a man able to fire a gun; he would not leave her when a boat from the Sirius was sent for the purpose, but &- dared he would not abandon his .wounded unfortu nate shipmates. The Sirius and Magicienne beitig irrecoverable, and within long shot of the enemy, were set fire to arid burnt. The crews were landed on the Isle de Passe, and the Ikhigenia warped up to that anchorage. In the mean time the Active, Venus, and La Mancha, with. a corvette, came up and blockaded the entrance, whilst La BeHone was got off, and warped up. " In this situation were things on the 31st of August, but I am sorry to say, that no probability exists of their safety. • They had only provisions and water to hold out a week at farthest. They had been summoned by the French to surrender at dis , cretion. Capt. LAMBERT refused this, but offered to capitulate on terms, being allowed to carry away the whole of the peOple oh shore, and tie Iphegcrzia to a British port. The answer of the enemy had not been receited, nut it is very easy to foresee that this proposal wilt not be accepted." The Committee of tiu I loose of Lords appoint ed to ex4mtne the Pn% ••,ic,,ni, met in one of the new chambers, at b :It 1)3,1 t fie o'clock Ihig day. Dot:torti REYNOLDS :11;t1 LAILLIE vicre in attendance for exaltinatTon. Tt.e CornituttLe of the FlouSe of Commons tnetat twelve o'clock, 31.:d procred..d to examine Dr. HA ALIUMN. Sir 11. H ALFORD awl Dr. WILLI'i had not at rt . ved at the ,House at one o'clock. It is supposed that they will remain at Windsor until the return of the three Physicians who arrived in town yesterday. A. C4binet o)lnicil was held last night at the Fo reign 01:ice, did not break np till half after twelve o'clock. The Princess :MARY has been so much indisposed, that she was confined to her bed and room from Simla) to Thursday morning, at which time, we are extremely happy to say, she was well enough to accompany the QUEEN and Princess ELIZABETH to Frogtnore in a coach. Her Royal Highness is attended by Sir HENRY HALTOM), Dotiors REY JOLDs, aild Thursday morning Princesses AUGUSTA and SO PHIA took an airing on horseback, in Windsor Park. The day originally fixed upon for the KING and Royal . Family to come to London, was New- Year's Day; but on account of the King's apart trews in the Queeh's Palace not being able to be got ready by that time, the day has been altered to the litto of. January. The Prime tit WALES has been ele6tad President of the Btitish Institution, in the room of the late Earl of DARTMOUTH. The Marquis of STAFFORD is chosen Deputy President. Wednesday\ morning Viscount CATHCART af. rived at Windsor Castle, where he remained tour hours, and then set off in a chaise and four for London. A sevefe hail-storm took place in Bengal on this 16th o(March. At Garden !leach, near Calcutta, many of the hailstones 'were of an enormous size; one in partictilar measured 6i inches iii circumfe rence; and at Burd wan one was weighed of twenty supers. One of these enormous pieces of ice fell on a Man's head, and killed him, on the spot. Nam bers of cattle and birds also perished. Yesterday a Court ,of Diretiors was held at the East India House, when ,the undermentioned Cap-. tains were sworn into the command of their respec tive ships, viz. Capt. JOHN COLLINS, Warley, G. L. Bnowsa, Herren Hastings, for China direct ; W. GiLstoN, Europe, for Madras and Bengal. ISLAND OF Molts.--The Islands of Mors, situat ed in the N. W. Jutland, and separated, by the great Gulph of Limfiord, which penetrates far into the interior of this Peninsula, deserves to become the subjedt of special notice; 'though hitherto, in a manner, unknown to the Panes themselves. The population of it is about 8000 persons: A language peculiar to itself is spoken in it. A glossary has lately beep published, containing 700 words, un known elsewhere.—This information will interest those who investigate the Northern languages. There are two vacancies at present in the Royal Ac'ademy occasioned by the death of Messrs. ZUF FA NI and RIGAUD. Both of these artists, though foreigners, had been so long in this country, that they might be considered as Englishmen in evvry thing but the pronunciation of our language. The former in particular was so excellent an artist, that it is strange that no tribute to his talents has appeared since his death. He might justly be considered as the only foreign artist who drew the English coun tenance and charader without any mixture of those ideasand feelings which invariably gave a tinge of their own countrymen to all their portraits of Ours. He was an admirable artist, and his pitterits of dra matic scenes are characterized by fidelity, spirit, and extraordinary professional skill. If BIJONAPART4 were not the most arrogant of mankind, he would prohibit hi! abject Senate from addressing him with such fulsome adulation. In deed if he were not as callous to reproach as he is proud and haughty, he would not suffer them to lavish such praise on his virtues, when hp must be sensible that it must appear like irony and satire to all who ever heard of his history and character. Married, on the 13th instant, by the Rev. Six CHARLES ANDERSON, Bart. JOH r‘ NEVIII9RFE, Esq. of Ferriby, son of the late Sir JOHN NELTHORPS, Bart. to MARIANNA, third daughter of JOHN BROOKE, Esq. ofgaitiutoy-Elall, Barton-upon-Humber.) NAVAL fi*ENVS. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 11.—The Peacock sloop of war that arrived' here Lite yesterday afternoun from a cruize to the %Vest ward, spoke a few hours previ ous to her arrival here, the Prince of Wales packet, with mails from Lisbon, which she warned to pro ceed to Plymouth, but the order, from some cause,' was not obeyed. The Prince of !Vales brings .ia telligence that MASSENA'S army had broken up from. Santarem, and again retreJted, and that the allied army was pasting them. Arrived this morning his Majesty's ship President, of 38 guns, Caprain S. WARREN, from Mafia, in 25 days, having on board LUcIEN BUONAPARTE, MS tinnily, and suite, consisting of 34 persons. The ship is under quarantine, consequently no person can land from her until released by an order front the Lords of the Council, and- at pre s ent no com munication is allowed with the shore. Arrived the biz Commerce of London, JOHN HAYWOOD, Master, from Gibraltar, with a cargo consisting of barilla, Spanish wool, hides, &C. last from Peterhead, Milford, and Bristol, bound to Lon' ; sailed troat Gibraltar on the Ilth October, and is under quarantine ; put in here in distress, having carried away her head and main boom in a gale. Arrived the Dove, NETH ER WOOD, from London Diligence, M‘Glicooa, from Greenock ; Two Bro thers, Ews, from Waits; and Globe, SHEETING' HAM, from Southampton also a sloop of war ; an d the brig Bee, belonging to this port, J. MottotiNs Master, from Lisbon, with a cargo, bound to Lon don, put in hi - tre by contrary winds. PORTiUOUTH, DF:C. 11.—Arrived his Majesty's ships Jason from Newfoundland ; Malacca tromth's Downs; and Tyrian from off Cherbourgh also the Govei-nor Milne, BUTLER, from Senegal. His Majesty's ship Galatea, lying at Cowes, is this day appointed ►o take convoy to Cadiz and Ora Mediterranean, in the room of his Majesty's 5 11.1 P Lavinia.' In the gale of this morning the greater part o f the ships lying at Spithead and the Motheibank suffered considerably ; amongst other vessels which suffered was the Portuguese brig Tfja, Capt. Peactao, whQ was obliged for general safety to cut two cable, and run for the harbour. This day his Majesty's ship Spitfire, which , sAiie d a few days since, put back to Spithaed. ii Doran, Mc. 14.—A most melancholy accident' happened this morning at this place : an j i nn-30 0 quantity of the Cliff adjoining the Castle, leading to the Muatsßulwark, fell with a dreadful crabs into the Ordnance Timberyard underneath, in which was situated the !muss of Mr., Pooi,g, the forms° 15f the carpet.ters, which was entirely . destroyed, his wife,. five children, and nieces, buried. in the' ruins, as were two horses in a stable close bp vast number of soldiers have been employed i " whole day in clearing the rubbish away, anid.th ° mutilated remains of the wife and children were 31 1 ter a considerable lapse of time found the bodY ° the niece at 5 o'clock, p. ni. had not then been di 3 ' covered and was supposed to be buried at the &F t! ' of twenty feet under ground. Mr. POOLE, at th u time the Cliff fell, bad just arisen to see to 111° workmen, and had only just pa s sed t h e threshold 0i his door when he was buried b reas t deep, and though he survives is very much bruised. The Cl iff ' which was hitherto considered as one hard lock, 15 supposed to have cracked and given way in quence of the late heavy rains. There is, it is OP: posed, upwards of two th o u-and carts l o ad o f . clal l ‘ . The horses in the stable were n o t h ur t, through a rafter of great strength having sustained the we i g i of the chalk. --- FALMOUTH, Dec. t2.--Pat back the Aigle 110 convoy. DEAL, DEC. 14.—We bare experienced a h ea l gale of wind ; the shippio g a ppe a r to ride i t °ll very I.vell. FIVE O'CLOCK.—It still W%u s a gale; tWOpnitt? ' to guese ships have arrived, the boats that went 4:11' them have not yet returned. t, of Tice losa of the En g lish frigates ai the is, t France, mortifying and _melancholy as ii is; 11410' we are informed, occasion much incon‘,eilienclite the service in that sea. There are at prenlit 011 Cape station , the Boadicea, Commodore RawLslit,' the Nisus, Captain .813,,,tra1t flue. Africaine, L a p 1t• CORSET; the Acbon sloop, Lord Viscount t a VILLt. The Menelaus, Captain PAnmU, wa s St. Helena, and although under orders for et15 1° . 1 ., 5 proceeded williouidelay to- the Cape, qn h eel s on her way the loss at the Mauritius. The Barba d oes tr 'g Pui t smouth anti i' r from England. In addition , 01. 4 / ! %t viv. lent pester:lay morning 0, to p o t io (00441.t0 prepare sesetrol ships without delay ceed to rhe..Cape. Tne ,S'cipion, gen s, G "'' OP iiIHNSTCME, with the" Hon. Admiral STortvs9lo4e board, is also on her way to Cape., T tle frigate arrived at the thpe-on the night o f the P of September. • in C. fr( Iv; $q th w